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Montana Western Dawgs TKO Rocky Saturday night

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The University of Montana Western men’s basketball team delivered perhaps its most satisfying and thorough performances of the season on Saturday in Dillon, where the Bulldogs defeated Rocky Mountain College,

Beavers stumble late versus #4 Frenchtown

As the losses pile up it is becoming clear that the Dillon Beavers will be a dangerous dark horse when tournament time rolls around. At this point, they will be

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KC winners named Three area kids earned titles at the 2020 Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship. Held Jan. 23 at B.W. Lodge Gym, Kendyll Meine won the 11-yearold girls

Lady Beavs on fire at 8-2

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The Dillon Lady Beavers took yet another developmental step on Saturday, dominating Corvallis, 47-26, while playing their technically best ball game of the season to date. “Our girls really executed

Beavers lose another close one at Corvallis

The Beavers are officially in scramble mode after a 40-43 loss at Corvallis on Saturday. Dillon opened the season at 3-0, but injuries and bad luck in close games have

Montana Western women battle through 1-1 week

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It proved a down-and-up week on the road for the University of Montana Western women’s basketball team. The Lady Bulldogs (12-7 overall, 5-3 in the Frontier Conference) suffered their steepest

Dawgs drop two on road

For young teams, growth tends to occur in fits and restarts and regresses. The young, rebuilding University of Montana Western men’s basketball got reminded of that tendency last week, when

Dillon drama team places fourth at the Southwestern A Divisional meet

The Beaverhead Speech, Drama and Debate team competed at the divisional tournament at Stevensville on Saturday, with six of the seven member team qualifying for the state tournament. Qualifiers included:

Wrestlers building toward post-season

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With the Western A Divisional Tournament just a week away, the Dillon Beaver wrestling team may be beginning their stretch run at about the right time. Dillon coach T.J. Nelson

UMW men sweep #9 Carroll, Rocky

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What a difference two days can make.

A week after suffering its most discouraging and lopsided league loss of the season, the University of Montana Western men’s basketball team revived its season this past weekend by posting re-invigorating Frontier Conference wins on consecutive days.

“It feels amazing. We needed that,” said UMW forward Connor Burkhart following his team’s 94-80 victory over Rocky Mountain College in Dillon on Saturday.